{"id":603,"date":"2014-12-22T08:10:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=603"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:22:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:22:26","slug":"the-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-national","title":{"rendered":"Episode 25: The National"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Sea of Love&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SongExploder25.png\" alt=\"SongExploder25\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SongExploder25.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SongExploder25-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=ef52c0bbdf8e1b31f5b16b43da3747d6\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-national-sea-of-love\/id788236947?i=327968753&#038;mt=2?&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/ef83bfff-adbd-4d6e-a3b5-2e03cb6313b9\/SongExploder25_TheNational_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The National formed in 1999. They\u2019ve released six albums, and have been nominated for a grammy. Their music is everywhere from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ozVcbIc5yWI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game of Thrones<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ydVUIfg8J38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EcRA2AZsR2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama\u2019s presidential campaign<\/a>. In 2013 they released their sixth album, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/trouble-will-find-me\/id626872826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trouble Will Find Me<\/a>, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts. The band is made up of singer Matt Berninger along with two sets of brothers: guitarists Bryce and Aaron Dessner, who are twins, and Brian and Scott Devendorf, who play drums and bass, respectively. In this episode, Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner break down \u201cSea of Love,\u201d a song that they co-wrote. You\u2019ll hear how it went from Aaron\u2019s original guitar demo to a densely layered recording with contributions from their bandmates and others, and they\u2019ll talk about how collaboration is an intrinsic part of their process and their band identity.<\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;Sea of Love&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/sea-of-love\/id626872826?i=626873226&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-national-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirvana_%28band%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nirvana<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crazy_Horse_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazy Horse<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimi_Hendrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimi Hendrix<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Reed_Parry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Reed Parry<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arcade_Fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arcade Fire<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sea of Love&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 The National formed in 1999. 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